What are they talking about again???

This isn't about religion dude. Plenty of people, to include agnostic ones, want privacy and privacy-tools as tools of healthy and better citizenship.

What is "scaling psychosis"? Bitcoin is 108 THOUSAND and blocks right now are half-empty. Transactions are basically free.

Meaning that all 8 billion people's demands to use Bitcoin are currently being satisfied. Its like 30 cents to open a Lightning channel on a smartphone.

Why have trustodial at all?

Even the best software tools can't help people... who are too lazy to look up what a Sat is and why they should care.

This is cool

@carter out here... spitting straight facts again

The most 'blue' state? California (probably). The most 'red' state? Alabama (Probably).

Should it be any more obvious???

Trustodial is the word I've heard around here

Don't worry, Trump will fix it. Tariffs are the answer like Peter Navarro says 'they will protect us' Edit: /s

Phoenix does it for you. If you use a Zeus LSP it's what like... one channel?

Why don't people just use non-custodial providers? Zeus, Phoenix?

It never was. People just realized it was 'better'

Just looking at it practically

Revolution indeed friend.

That would just piss them off. They think it terms of 'gains' and 'how many more dollars' they can get at least from what I've seen

I agree with this post 100%. With regards to 'the other people' and the world in general... you described my experience perfectly. The stone wall the waste of time etc... yup.

It's a shame. Every BTC that MSTR gobbles up each week is another whole-coiner that will never be. Think about that.

There is certainly some of that. No question about it.

But I believe the greater issue... is the lack of education. The lack of imagination. The lack of educational curiosity...

And the lack of "low time preference". To see out beyond the horizon and imagine a different world base on energy, computers, and and free-actors organizing around a different system.

I have acquaintances who sell refrigerators, refurbished goods, computer parts, artwork, shoes etc etc... in small amounts of course but they only deal in cash. They aren't declaring their 'artwork hustle' for their 'shoes hustle' for tax purposes they simply don't care/it's too insignificant.

And people wouldn't really care about taxes for Bitcoin either at daily levels. So I don't think that's it. It's more of an education issue.

Opt-in sure... but there was no 'opt in' to use the internet either.

Yet here were are.

If I didn't believe in the value of Bitcoin especially proof-of-work I wouldn't be sitting here after work replying to a bunch of anons on the internet on a very niche forum about magic internet money.

I believe that in the long run Bitcoin makes the world better.

It's really a shame that the "elite" and the institutions are buying so much of it.

Bitcoin was supposed to be a referendum of the shortcomings of the financial system... yet here were are. The institutions are buying it like crazy and the "elite" too to some degree.

Meanwhile the 'little guy' is like whaaaa?

Is this a Bot?

How do I tip the Uber driver Lightning, unless I ask him/her if they have a Lightning App? In which case when they say "no what's that" I just say "nevermind..."

But if it's a friend or colleague I may explain what Lightning is. Then some sort of conversation ensues.

I don't push things. I don't 'orange pill'. But if Bitcoin is designed to be used... then the idea is to use it. And how do I know when/where to use it unless I ask???